Carbureter.



Afr Pam# Patented Apr'.-v 29, |902.

CARB-U B ETEB.

(Application led Sept. 28, 1901.)

G. W. HDNTS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. HONTS, OF BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO J. R.DEAN,` OF BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA.

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SPECIFICATION fOrming par?, 0f Letters Patent Nt). 698,953, dated April29, 1902. Application filed September 28, 1901. Serial No. 76,894. (N0IILOBL) means for discharging jets of compressed air into a body otliquid hydrocarbon confined in a tank and to cause the saidcompressed-air jets to impinge against each other within the body of theliquid hydrocarbon to effect a thorough commingling of the air and thevapor Of the hydrocarbon, promote'the evaporal tion of the latter, andeffectually carburet the air. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical sectional View of acarbureter constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is adetail top plan view showing the oppositely-disposed air-jet tips.

The tank 1, which is adapted to contain a quantity of gasolene or otherliquid hydro-v carbon, is of suitable capacity and may be of anysuitable construction. VA'service-pipe2 for the gas or carbureted airleads from the said tank at an elevated point. A pipe,

which in practice is connected with a suitable air-compressing pump orengine, (indi, cated diagrammatically at m) discharges into the lowerend of the said tank and is here shown as provided With a T-coupling 4.Airjet tips 5, which are here shown as U-shaped tubes of reducedcapacity, are attached to the said coupling andV their tips or nozzles 6are disposed opposite each other, in line with each other, and at asuitable distance apart, so that the compressed-air jets Which aredischarged from the said tips will meet and impinge against each otherWithin the body of the liquid hydrocarbon inpwhich the said tips areimmersed, by which means corresponding currents which impinge againsteach other will be set up in the body of the liquid hydrocarbon, thesame will be thoroughly agitated, evaporation thereof will be promoted,and so thorough a commingling of the compressedair jets With the vaporswill be effected as to thoroughly carburet the air and produce a gas ofhigh illuminating quality.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a carbureter, a tank forliquid hydrocarbon, a service-pipe leading therefrom at an elevatedpoint, in combination with means to compress air, and a pipe todischarge the compressed air into said tankin` the body of the liquidhydrocarbon therein, said pipe having oppOsitely-disp'osed jet-tips ofreduced capacitytodischarge compressed air in jets which imping'eagainst each other and in the liquid hydrocarbon, for :the purpose setforth, substantially as described.

" In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my Own I have heretoaffixed my signature in lthe presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE W. HONTS.

VWitnesses:

JOHN J. MURRAY, JOHN REESE.

